senator russ feingold. he served the people of wisconsin in the u.s. senate for nearly two decades. he is currently the president of the american constitution society. he is the recipient. the john f kennedy profiling courage award. and he's author of the bestselling book, which was really a terrific book called while america sleeps. but what makes him near and dear to marquette law school is the fact he used to teach here. but a little over a decade ago and. so we are delighted to have him back. so please give him a warm welcome home home. to. thank you. before we get underway. first of all, thanks to our good friends at boswell books, the independent east side bookstore. they are in lobby today. they're a co-sponsor of this event and the lobby today where they will be selling copies of this brand new book off the presses today. and also want to thank our new friends at c-span who are here recording this event for later broadcast. so having said that. let's delve right into the book and i'm going to begin with a question for peter prindiville. tell us about the origins of the const

they delivered 108,000 signatures to michelle obama, and then senator russ feingold was appointed...eople like you... kpakima: as the new u.s. special envoy to the democratic republic of congo. canning: hi, kumba. kpakima: hi, liz. wow. canning: we're in dallas, texas. kpakima: it looks amazing where you are. canning: i came here--yeah, it's beautiful, huh? you see the skyline? kpakima: yeah, it looks good. canning: so we came here to find out about ntarupt, which is the north texas alliance to reduce pregnancy in teens. turns out there are more teen pregnancies in the u.s. than any other developed country. in texas, where parental consent is required to access state-funded contraception, the rates are some of the highest in the nation, and in dallas, the rate is 50% above the u.s. average. terry golitz greenberg: right now in texas, sex education is not required. a--it's not required at all, b--it is not required to be medically accurate. if you look at states that have good sex education, there is a stark, stark difference in the teen birth rates. the more they know, the less they

anything but in the last few days and hours. alan fisher al jazeera on capitol hill in washington, or russ feingold is a political risk analyst. he says, house republicans can now put pressure on the biden administration, especially when it comes to foreign policy. well, certainly impacted in the sense that again, there'll be a lot of oversight. at a minimum, there's going to be 3 things. there's going to be at the house. republicans are going to investigate what happened in afghanistan, the chaotic withdraw. so probably be very embarrassing revelations about decision making, where the lack of decision making on the bite and team during those crucial weeks in august of 2020 what ukraine policy is. barbara mccarthy's already famous per saying there will be a blank check for ukraine. so although a lot of that money was appropriated in the recently passed on the bus bill at the end of 2022, they're still going to conduct oversight and try again. try to embarrass the by the ministration with too much being spent to buy supplies and things like that, cost overruns, etc, etc. and then there's the big one

i introduced it on a bipartisan basis in the house, while john mccain and russ feingold introduced it in the senate. i've been caring for years of the constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united and yes, when i had a leadership position in the democratic party, helping to elect vulnerable democrats, like one of the people in the field, i raised money for them, and i sent it to them, and they were happy to receive it and never raised any objection that they are now. um so i'm very proud of my record. i'm not going to accept corporate contributions, corporate pac contributions and i campaign. uh and i don't think there's anyone that has a stronger record of campaign finance reform that i do. okay we're just about out of time. but as we know, senator feinstein has repeatedly declined to say whether she plans to seek reelection. so do you know something that we don't? i mean, had you had a conversation with her before your announcement today. i did. i spoke with her yesterday. i spoke with her a few weeks ago. we've been in close communication. we worked together well for years n

and we are delighted that we could have a russ feingold and peter prindiville with today to discuss this new book. again, it is called the constitution in jeopardy! an unprecedented effort to rewrite our fundamental law what we can do about it. thanks very much. we'll see you next time. thank you. thank. today is december 7th, a most appropriate day to welcome the authors of surprised again, the covid crisis and the new market bubble. i've read this book cover to cover twice, once in its early stage before it was in print and again in the past week. it's not only an excellent account of the financial crisis that gripped the country as it recognized the severity of the covid crisis. but a very interesting discussion of the government policies enacted to counter the economic consequences of the pandemic. after the authors discuss their new book, chris demuth, distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and i will react to some of the issues and events. alex howard discuss in surprised again. then we'll turn to the audience for questions, including the online audience who can send in their

also, senator russ feingold of the american constitution society.last but not least, fix the court. without objection, these are entered into the record. >> mister chairman, and i be recognized for unanimous consent request. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, chairman. i would like to submit for the record several more articles. news week, the baseless recusal attack on clarence thomas from newsweek. 40 years of attack and slurs against justice thomas from the washington examiner. the medias war on clearance and ginni thomas. from the washington examiner case against thomas's, one more from the federalist, political. they watch the attack -- thank you, mister chairman. >> without objection, so ordered. the gentlelady from missouri, representative bush, is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i think the chair for convening this crucial hearing. as i listened to reverend schenck's testimony, i've been thinking about people who aren't dining with supreme court justices. who don't get to launch multi million dollar influence campai

also, senator russ feingold of the american constitution society, and also, in the last but not, leastfacts get court. without objection, these are entered into the record. >> mister chairman will now be recognized for questions as well. >> the gentleman is so recognized. >> thank you, mister chairman. i would like a summit for the record several articles. this isn't from news week. the baseless, recusal attack on clarence thomas from newsweek. 40 years of attacks and slurs against justice thomas. from the washington examiner. the media's war on clemson jenny thomas, and from the washington examiner the gyms up case against promises. and one, more from the federal politico that launches an attack on scotus injustices working spouses. thank you mister chairman. >> without that without objection, the gentlelady from missouri with representative bush is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. st. louis and i think the chair for convening this crucial crucial hearing. as i've listened to reverend schenck's testimony, i have been thinking about the people who aren't dining with supre